| Search MSDN Search all blogs Search this blog Sign in Microsoft Reduce Customer Effort Center Microsoft Reduce Customer Effort Center Our team drives product feedback based on solid data, it drives proactive issue prevention and ultimately, drives improvements around products based on customer feedback. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ TechNet Archive May 29, 2007 57 Share 0 0 .social-icons-wrap .entry-header Symptom xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" / SVCHOST high CPU. If stopping the Automatic Update service, the high CPU issue disappears. You can use the following method to verify whether it is AU caused SVCHOST high CPU. 1. Run the command to find the PID of SVCHOST which is running on Automatic Update service. Tasklist –m wuaueng...